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Latest report by mobile research specialists research2guidance puts some figures on the prediction that China will soon become a huge market for mHealth: 80% of China’s households could afford a smartphone by 2017.
Editor Donna attended MedCityNews’s CONVERGE Summit for Healthcare Innovation in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Her comments will be part of next week’s and inform subsequent articles when she returns from out of town. However, the organizers deserve cheers–they took a different… Read moreHealthcare CONVERGED on Philadelphia
MedStartr, previewed at late May’s Health 2.0 NYC Healthcare Kickstarter, officially launched on 11 July. MedStartr uses crowdfunding, popularized by Kickstarter and similar websites, to direct funding to select healthcare startups. Since Kickstarter specifically prohibits healthcare startups from the site… Read moreCrowdfunding debuts for healthcare with MedStartr (US)
This was first online in January, it seems, but it has just come to our attention, a study published in The Gerentologist which indicates that “At follow-up, the telehealth intervention group reported greater increases in general health and social functioning,… Read moreOutcomes of a Telehealth Intervention for Homebound Older Adults With Heart or Chronic Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who should we credit with coming up with the idea for the 3millionlives (3ML) campaign? For the sake of transparency we should know. Was it you? Have you heard someone claim it as their idea? Were you in a meeting… Read more3millionlives: Whose idea was it?
Editor Steve hears that the two recent 3ML publicity events were a success in attracting attendees from the NHS and other people with an interest in commissioning telecare and telehealth. Good. He also hears that there was a blurring in… Read more3millionlives: Giving the wrong impression? (UK)
We are starting to see some more considered reponses to the publication of the first of the WSD analyses: BMJ: Impressive results for remote patient CIMO. A positive take. Telehealth and telecare: why we’re still waiting for the definitive report… Read moreMore reports of the WSD results
If the Lifewatch V does what it claims to do, hubs and connected devices may be on their way to obsolescence. Using sensors on and apps in an Android-based smartphone, it measures ECG (one lead), body temperature, blood glucose, heart… Read moreAll the telehealth you need, 'in' your phone
A 16-person delegation of health professionals from Shanghai comprising consultants, doctors, nurses and health administrators visited the telecare and telehealth company Welbeing last week to find out how the technology can help people in China. The visit was organised by… Read moreVisitors from China see telecare in action (UK)
A catch-up on a report (missed in May) that has implications for the UK’s telecare supply workforce: Workforce Development for Assisted Living Technology (ALT): understanding roles, delivery and workforce needs. Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE),… Read moreReport: Workforce Development for Assisted Living Technology (ALT) (UK)
